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What is a psaltery?

What is a psaltery? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (music) A zither-like musical instrument consisting of a soundboard with multiple strings, played by plucking the strings with the fingers or a plectrum.
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Visbec watched him from the back of the wagon, where he was fitfully fixing a broken string on his psaltery.
Instruments, such as the vielle, harp, psaltery, flute, shawm, bagpipe, and drums were all used during the Middle Ages to accompany dances and singing.
The angels are depicted as playing a collection of musical instruments, including the harp, tambourine, cymbals, lyre and psaltery.
Great cheer can be produced by an oud, harp, psaltery and frame drum.
Other actor played a psaltery or hooter, took part in dialogue, substituted the companion.
Bandura, also called kobza, a stringed instrument of the psaltery family considered the national musical instrument of Ukraine.

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